St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-16
A FOOLS WISDOM.


crowd before the stand tainted. Several
gentlemen very kindly seized her by the feet
and the back of the head and carried her in a
horizontal position across the square They
passed directly by the presidents carriage,
and as Mrs. CLEVELAND looked down at the
liberal display of feet and red underskirt, l
saw a smile hover about her lips for mo-
ment and then disappear.
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The book agent in st. Paul who is taking
subscriptions for Mr.. DoNNELLY's new book
had peculiar experience Monday morning
that made him mentally curse his fate He
yentured into physicians Office on East
Seventh street and began his stereotyped ex-
PLANTATION of the advantage of knowing all
about ciphers to its occupant The latter
seemed very much interested, and the agent
waxed warm. He expatiated largely on the
beauties and advantages of the various edi-
tons to be issued, spoke learnedly of their
contents, and presented quite picturesque
description Of Mr.. DoNNELLY himself He
assured his lone auditor that the author was
man OF national renown, that he had
knocked SHAKESPEARE into smithereens and
placed BACON on a pedestal higher than
HAMAN's scaffold. Then his nearer made a
sign for him to pause. Looking steadily at
the agent, he drew from his pocket a card
and handed it to him. The latter gave it one
glance and then bolted for the door. The
card read, 'IGNATIUs DoNNELLY, Jr.''
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The main characteristic of young Eng
hshman after he has landed in this country
Is that Of staring. He stares at the moon, and
he stares at the ground, and he Won
ders how in the deuce all this could have
existed outside of the realm of VIC Above
all things he stares at the women, on the
theory that, they being American and he an
Englishman, they were made to be stared at
by him. have in my mind young English
man who not long ago went into public
restaurant and stared very hard at two pretty
girls who, with an escort, sat near him.
After while the gentleman with the two
ladies wrote a note and handed it to the
waiter, and the waiter, as directed, took it to
the Briton with the bullying eyes, The latter
opened it and read, much to his own chagrin,
this: Are you one of the crew of the This
II you are you can get licked again
without much trouble''
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Now that am on the subject of English
men, am reminded of how characteristic ii
Is OF them to come to this country to make
their wealth here and to enjoy the freedom of
our life, and yet with objectionable dis.
courtesy to look down upon our institutions
and people know of an English family
who have lived here for years and who on
evey celebration of the Fourth of July close
the doors of their home, darken the windows
and practically go into mourning for the de-
funct GEORGE the Third. One wonders why,
since they cherish these sentiments, they did
not remain in the land of coercion
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There is just one man in Minnesota who
physically is the prototype of President
known elevator man of Duluth If Mr.. RUP-
LEY had stood beside President CLEVELAND
on the grand stand Monday night it would
have been hard to tell them apart, except
that one has sallow complexion and the
others is a delicate pink. In ayolrdupois
should judge that their weight was about the
same, for it is a standing joke in Duluth that
when GEORGE RIPLEY stands at the harbor
entrance of the Zenith City the opposite
shore tips up. Mr.. RIPLEY has the same
good-natured appearance as the president
and the same Indifference in his manner as
to whether the public likes the way he is
doing his duty or not.
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1t is year ago last September that called
on FRANK LANDERs i'll the saltwater peni-
Tertiary. He is the gentleman who escaped
from there this week. At that time he was
just developing those literary tastes which
subsequently led him to become a reporter
of the Prison Mirror, and through that to es-
cape. He spoke to me of the North Ameri-
can Review and of the Century and other
leading periodicals, and of the interest he
took in them. He talked also of the POSSIBLE
ity of his being pardoned after he had served
seven years of his long sentence. 1 remem-
Der well the conversation had with him the
day he was lodged in Saltwater He said
that he had not expected as severe a SEN
tence as twenty four years, and that BILLY
PNKERToN had told him that he would not
get over seven. He thought that his sentence
was too severe, and itmade him desperate He
would have been willing to have served seven
years; but now with twenty -four before him
ne should try to escape. have known ever
since his incarceration that the man intended
TO secure his freedom if he could and that he
was desperate enough to succeed or to die
AS I write, his gold-link sleeve button and
the gold pen with which he committed his
forgeries lie before me. 1 wonder if this
unregenerate, but remarkable scamp, will
49,
Deputy Warden WESLEY, who was in
charge of the prison when LANDERs took
French leave with CARLIN, who is from
Goodhue county, is Red Wing man and
was appointed on pledge that he should
have the position, given him by Gov. McGIL1
before the latter was elected. If I am not
mistaken, Mr.. WESLEY was originally Dem
ocrat but seeded from the party for vari-
Gus reasons. He is probably as unhappy
now as though he had remained Democrat
and never got an office. Mr., WESLEY cap
tured his appointment very much as Mr..
SToRDoCK or Capt. JAMES or ELI WARNER did
theirs-for political work and not because of
any particular qualification for the office.
These gentlemen are partisan politicians, and
as officials therefore, they represent nothing
but themselves. The result is an admins
tration made up of nothing but outrageous
blunders and scandals.
So
The GLOBE has already called attention to
the political character of the state grain in
spectors of Minneapolis. They very much
resemble the unfortunate boiler inspectors
of Gov. McGILL, who are being indicted in
various parts of the state, and to protect
whom the attorney general says there is no
law. These grain inspectors have been ap-
pointed through political trades and COM
binations, and not for ability to perform their
work. The o. K. of ELI WARNER, secretary
of the railroad commission, has proved more
potential on their Commissions than the plea
of the farmers of the state for competent in
spectors. If the State Farmers alliance
wishes to unearth frst-class sensation, let
it investigate the relations that exist be-
tween these inspectors of grain and ELI
WARNER, BY Fool.
A Sealed Letter is Sacred.
Washington Post
1.-The sanctity of sealed letter is so
well secured in this country" said Mr..
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